Pat Tillman Statue
Patrick Daniel Tillman (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) was an American football player who left his professional sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002. He joined the United States Army Rangers and served multiple tours in combat before he was killed by friendly fire in the mountains of Afghanistan. Details about the circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of controversy and military investigations.
He is the second professional football player to be killed in combat, first was Bob Kalsu of the Buffalo Bills, who died in the Vietnam War in 1970.
Pat Tillman Statue
Patrick Daniel Tillman (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) was an American football player who left his professional sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002. He joined the United States Army Rangers and served multiple tours in combat before he was killed by friendly fire in the mountains of Afghanistan. Details about the circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of controversy and military investigations.
He is the second professional football player to be killed in combat, first was Bob Kalsu of the Buffalo Bills, who died in the Vietnam War in 1970.